The faster you beautify, the cooler you are. Luxuriating in a Mayfair salon all afternoon having nuanced highlights and a terribly well-considered blow-dry is not cool (unless it is the new Daniel Hersheson salon, but we’ll talk about that another time). It’s not massively practical either. And it

I’ve been interviewing a lot of dermatologists lately. I’m unsure of the collective noun. A smooth of derms? And they have much unified wisdom. Unsurprisingly, SPF (sun protection factor) is unanimously agreed to be the most important ingredient you can apply to thwart skin ageing and I’m not going

You may wonder how the super-slim stay that way and maintain the resolve not to fill their Stella McCartney clutch bags with Dairy Milk. Stealth protein eating, that’s how. You see the super-green juices they drink for breakfast? It isn’t simply spirulina, kale and wheatgrass. It’s that, plus whey

You might imagine that your choice of lipstick, or perhaps your moisturiser has the potential to set you apart as a person in the beauty know. Sorry, but no. You can have all the Chanel Rouge Allure you like (lucky you if you do) but it is what’s in your shower that marks you out as having

French Legs. Clearly the canny product developer at Kéraskin who named this self-tanning cream appreciated that British Legs just wouldn’t have the same cachet. French Legs? Ooh, well, that implies slender, even-toned limbs that move with confidence and, most likely, an instinctive sashay at the

So it turns out there’s a formula for perfect breasts. It isn’t in the least subjective. “Yes, survey after survey reveals we all find the same thing attractive” affirms Dr Patrick Mallucci, a man obsessed in a completely non-pervy way by breasts. He’s one of a coterie of enlightened

This advice comes with the caveat that on taking it you may estrange a few friendships, or possibly fall into a spell of self-doubt. Equally, you could emerge looking considerably improved. Want to risk it? I suggest you invite opinion on your image from friends and professionals. The key is to